सर्वेषां शिवलिंगानां सार्वभौमो महाबलः । कृते महाबलः श्वेतस्त्रेतायामतिलोहितः
sarveṣāṃ śivaliṃgānāṃ sārvabhaumo mahābalaḥ | kṛte mahābalaḥ śvetastretāyāmatilohitaḥ
من بين جميع لِنْغات شيفا، فإنّ السيّد المتوَّج هو مهابالا، عظيم القوّة. في عصر كِرتا يكون مهابالا أبيضَ، وفي عصر تريتا يكون شديدَ الحمرة.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Gokarṇa—Mahābala-liṅga
Type: kshetra
Scene: A majestic Mahābala-liṅga enthroned, radiating a yuga-shifting aura—cool white luminosity (Kṛta) transitioning to deep vermilion-red (Tretā), with sages in reverent circumambulation and ocean-breeze hints of Gokarṇa’s coast.
It establishes Mahābala as a preeminent Śiva-liṅga and frames its sanctity as timeless across the yugas.
Gokarṇa, where the Mahābala liṅga is revered in this Brahmottarakhaṇḍa context.
No direct ritual is prescribed here; the verse functions as liṅga-māhātmya (praise/identification).